Dr. Edwin Leap: "Why must medical care be provided for free?", KevinMD, 8/16/2012.
(Dr. Leap asks a very relevant question, using his septic tank as a springboard for discussion.)
Sarah Kliff: "How doctors could game Obamacare", Washington Post, 8/15/2012.
Dr. Shabbir Hossain: "Beating the 30 day readmission: Why there’s little to celebrate", KevinMD, 8/16/2012.
(One trend to anticipate: Physicians will be under pressure by ACO and/or hospital administrators to delay such readmissions until after the 30-day "clock" runs out. After all, the administrators won't bear the risk of trying to manage a patient in tenuous clinical condition as an outpatient.)
David Hogberg, "The Next Exodus: Primary-Care Physicians and Medicare", NCPA, August 2012.
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